15 Jul 2012 - 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Park Nights: Public Talk, Herzog & de Meuron

Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in conversation with Michael Craig-Martin and Hiroshi Sugimoto, moderated and introduced by Julia Peyton Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

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While addressing the Pavilion's concept and their collaborative approaches, Herzog, de Meuron and Sugimoto explored ways in which art and architecture are relevant to today's society.

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Herzog & de Meuron

Born in Basel in 1950, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) from 1970 to 1975 with Aldo Rossi and Dolf Schnebli. They received their degree in architecture in 1975 and established Herzog & de Meuron in Basel in 1978. The practice has designed a wide range of projects from the small scale of a private home to the large scale of urban design. While many of their projects are highly recognized public facilities, they have also completed several distinguished private projects such as apartment buildings, offices and factories. In many projects Herzog & de Meuron have worked with artists, an eminent example of that practice being their collaboration with Ai Weiwei which resulted in the design of three realised projects to date including the Beijing National Stadium. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are visiting professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Design since 1994 (and in 1989). They are professors at the ETH Zurich since 1999 and co-founded the ETH Studio Basel - Contemporary City Institute in 2002.

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Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei

1 Jun 2012 to 14 Oct 2012

The design team responsible for the celebrated Beijing National Stadium, which won the prestigious RIBA Lubetkin Prize, came together again in London in 2012 in a special development of the Serpentine's acclaimed annual commission.